<Nocturnal Harmonia>

[Bloodedge]

Whatever silent agreement Miko and Aki were working towards, there was some sort of shock apparently lost due to the male's understanding. Well, if she wanted shock value, Aki thought she should have just left him ignorant... but she didn't seem the type who knew when to shut her mouth. Oh well. "Weird," he commented with no further details. A simple acknowledgement of newfound dexterity later, and Aki was prepared to do a bit more work. He moved out while being welcomed to the 'dexterity team' as Miko put it, and had his offer of a restaurant accepted. "Done deal. Number exchange when the job's done," he decided. With that, Aki was calling forth the existing fox summon, which seemed to have a couple of appetizers ready and waiting before its next meal.

One thing at a time, said Maki. There was already a matter she and Yugi simply couldn't agree on, though he couldn't say much about the type of person she decided to be. Not everyone could burn both ends against the middle. "No mutual pleasuring then? Damn shame~" he joked while flipping over the girl to land atop another spider, steering it her way. It was during that 'ride' that he heard Miko reenter and comment on his mention of frozen meatballs. "Damn right! Can't commit to a long game session if you don't have quick food. Easy way to starve; trust me~" he said from experience. Now that those two were back, he had an offer for Aki. "Oi, does Chungus over there like frozen meatballs? I only had time to prep two!" he offered. Looking over at the two bundles of freezing spiders, Aki managed the lightest chuckle. "So that's what that is. Something's wrong with both of you. Go!" Aki said to the fox. The beast proceeded to consume one ball, then another ─ even while sweeping through other spiders along the way. "Also, I did a whole fucking Spider-Man thing and nobody got it!" Yugi complained. Satoru had seen that, oddly enough... but he was out of range having a different conversation while nonchalantly redirecting creatures that would otherwise fatally wound Kenta. "I agree. People who are too serious are just boring. Real power comes with some nonchalance. That's also aura, by the way. You've got that part covered naturally."

[Apollymi]

Miko and Aki were coming to an agreement, even if most of the details of it were unspoken. Strangely, enough Miko knew she didn't ever close her mouth at the exact right time, but she couldn't help herself. She'd have to make due with different sorts of surprises instead. "That word from you doesn't sound bad♪~" Miko decided about the man's consistent utterances of 'weird'. Beyond that, he was welcomed to higher order dexterity and made an agreement to exchange numbers with Miko when this job was finished, "Squee♪~ Sure thing Aki-nii♪~" Miko chirped out. Even different people were beginning to feel like fun for the sake of pursuit. She was technically very excited about the idea of a bit of one on one time with Aki outside of healing him on the battle field.

Meanwhile, Maki was standing up straight and taking a moment to push her glasses up to her face. One thing at a time was taken in a very strange way, "You really can't stop can you?" she asked with a reddened fac and glasses pushed up onto her nose causing a glint over her eyes. Such would be how that went. "Yeah, food will make me come out of the cave. Snack breaks are important Omen-kun~" Miko said almost laughing about it herself. It was one guaranteed way her parents used to pull her out of any random activity she was too deeply involved in. Apparently, that large group of spiders had been gathered up for the sake of feeding the fox that Yugi referred to as Chungus. Miko chuckled just a bit... "Really?!" she asked about the naming choice, still the idea that something was wrong with both of them made her shrug. "Partners~" she said about that likeness and let it go. Movements would continue after she refreshed barriers and kept up her own attacks anew. Beyond that point a complaint was lodged by Yugi that no one laughed at his Spider-Man bit, and Maki looked up, "Oh, I thought that was familiar... count mine as a laugh~" Maki said having not made the connection initially. "I heard it, but I was full braining an arm..." Miko admitted. "Still pretty nice work you got going on there~" she offered a compliment as they continued and she also joined the nice ice mage again, helping with his spells and boosting them with extra water to help keep him a bit safer. Just the same Makima was watching now as a few strategic moves had Gojo leading the 'human boss' of this space back towards the group. "You're right. Then does what you're doing count as aura farming as well?" Makima wondered what the kids would do when confronted by an enemy? For now they seemed to be putting in work whittling down the waves of spiders approaching.

[Bloodedge]

The spiders were being dealt with bit by bit, each member of the remaining group beginning to take down their share. Still, the swarm was only getting more intense over time. Yugi could see their queen in the distance: a massive beast with an armored body and eyes an even deeper crimson than his own current ocular Skill. "I think Kaa-san's only getting angrier. Maybe your kids shouldn't be such little bastards. Fatherless behavior!" Yugi instigated, albeit in vain as he would never be understood. Ah, but it seemed he was understood well enough by Maki. She was new to his antics, but she already understood precisely what kind of approach he would keep taking. "I can stop... depending on how you ask♥~" he flirted. As for Miko and her propensity for leaving the cave because of food, his flirt was a little subtler to those who weren't in the know. "Good, 'cause it's gonna be meatballs for fox breakfast and meat-balls for Player lunch!" he announced.

Apparently Yugi's Spider-Man reference wasn't a total loss. Maki had simply missed it initially, and Miko was rather busy at the time. He'd still lament the loss, but at least it wasn't a total net negative. "Still not counting either of those. You'll all rue the day," he insisted with an upturned nose. "... Right. Anyway, the boss looks pretty strong. My summon alone won't be able to handle it," Aki chimed in. "I can try slowing it with some help!" said the mage who had a fair amount of confidence with Miko around. "Are we gonna act like a big spider's a problem? Come on, guys. The babies are more intimidating than their mother... who looks like a bitch by the way!" Yugi antagonized further. Satoru would have agreed with that sentiment if he'd been nearby, but instead he was causing several narrow misses of spider attacks against Kenta. Makima wondered if his current actions counted as aura farming. His answer would come with an upward inflection. "Maybe? I don't think so, but there's no telling with how quickly kids change things up nowadays. I'll do some research~" he decided.

[Apollymi]

Yugi was still trash talking, this time the spider queen and all her children were being called out. Miko was helping out the Ice Mage, splashing water and shooting jets at everything while going along with his chiding. "Definitely lack discipline and activities~" Miko confirmed her own feelings about the situation. Meanwhile, Maki was being flirted with in a way more direct sort of fashion, she was sweeping a large group of those ever converging spiders and "I don't know if I believe you..." Maki said, but that glint in her glasses wasn't going to be missed. Miko noted the tomboy response, and the soft hidden girly reaction. What was more, a subtle flirt was sent her way as well, she noted it and smirked, "Yosh♪!~ Leaving room for lunch♪~" Miko chirped out seemingly pleased by the whole situation regardless.

At the same time, Yugi's Spider-Man reference, wasn't lost but it also wasn't immediately picked up on. The lad seemed to think they'd be rue the day for not being a bit quicker on the uptake. "Oh no, not rue... anything but the rue~" Miko chirped jokingly afraid. "I refuse to rue..." Maki said, with full confidence in a lack of actual consequences. Meanwhile, Aki was back on the more normal part of a conversation, stating that his summon couldn't take it on alone. The Ice mage claimed he could slow it, "I can do my fair share... and it definitely won't stay too strong for too long after enough hits," Maki mentioned. At the same time, Yugi was claiming the boss looked like a bitch, which only made Miko laugh a bit... she thought him right. "Tehehe♪~ Well I can help with the slowing, I can also stun it. It is a spider, my preferred method will work on it♪~" Miko chirped. "But first we have to get rid of the little ones♪~" Miko claimed, she could drown them but that would take a while. At the same time, Gojo was technically protecting Sato Kenta while Makima wondered over things like aura farming. "Yes, do some research... I can't fall behind the times with a new set pets to look after~" Makima actually seemed legitimately excited about this pair.

[Bloodedge]

"Well, we'll show it some fucking discipline. I'll put some discipline all over its fucking face~" Yugi announced as he hopped off the current spider, applying a thread to its body. He jumped over Maki again, sharing a single instruction. "Use Cut on the face!" he said. Following Yugi's leap, that spider would be flung upwards as well ─ right over Maki. His intention was to have the spider's gland severed and exposed, allowing him to fling the creature around and apply its venom to others nearby. As for Maki's uncertain belief, Yugi would comment on that mid-motion. "There's only one way to find out~" he said. As for Miko... "I don't care if you've got room. Take it in the face!" he shouted, partly for Miko and partly for the spider he'd be striking in the face with its own family member.

The spider boss was going to be an issue according to some, and no issue according to others. Aki, who viewed himself as the one with the most damage potential in this group, couldn't imagine taking the creature down. Ah, but he was a man of action before he was a man of deep thought, whether lacking in either category or not. Some notions were coming together though. Maki had the ability to weaken it, the nameless ice mage and Miko could further incapacitate it. Aki thought he could possibly finish the job... but he wasn't the only one with such an idea. "Shouldn't we start slowing the boss before it does something?" the mage asked. Yugi, who hopped onto the fox's head as it mowed down and consumed another line of spiders, shook his head. "If it makes a move, then we do it. No reason to antagonize a bitch with a thorax that bad when she's at rest. Not physically at least. Bitch got a pelvis-breaker!" he stated. Satoru was still ensuring that Kenta made his way successfully, but not too quickly. Apparently he was to do some research by order. "Done and done. I'm behind on my feed anyway~"

[Apollymi]

According to Miko, the spider children lacked discipline, and Yugi claimed to put it all over their faces. As he did this he hopped off and applied a thread to a spider, claiming Maki should use 'cut' on it. She would do so in a precise manner, though not without a gripe. "I'm not a Pokemon," she stated, wondering how this young man ever made his way in a game chat. Beyond that he was also content to flirt, even though Maki didn't know if he'd actually stop, he claimed there was only one way for her to find out. "Noted," she said as she kept up her work against the other creatures. Meanwhile for Miko the last chant of take it in the face meant something very different. It was one about her future meal consumption which Yugi was already deep into the rotation of, a smirk came to her face. "Well, when you say it like that it doesn't sound like much of an option," Miko claimed almost sarcastically. "Game chat had to have been crazy with you," Maki decided.

Just the same they kept up their work, they were figuring out the next plan of attack while actively taking down the group in front of them. Aki figured he'd be most of the real damage for the main boss, but Miko knew herself and Yugi to be capable enough under most circumstances. Still, she'd help keep everyone at ease, by making sure there was a role to be played in a more 'team friendly' composition. "Agreed, we don't need something that big looking at us until we have enough free time," Miko understood the logic, even though Yugi spent all his spare time trash talking the creature. More water was splashing against various creatures as Miko joined Yugi atop the fox head as it passed by to devour more. She could use some more precise spells from above to help the Ice Mage while keeping a better eye on what was going on. "Should we do something big together to take out a bigger chunk? As long as we get a level it shouldn't matter if we waste the mana..." Miko pontificated. Her use of that staff was barely taking anything from her, even though it was quite low tier. Just the same more research on aura farming was being done in the moment, and Makima would keep watching. "Hai hai, keep me posted. Don't let it rot your brain~" Makima said as she watched a fairly good gorup effort whittle down the spider horde.

[Bloodedge]

Maki insisted that she wasn't a Pokémon. If only she'd known what sort of trap she was walking into by answering that way. "Really? I thought you were a breeder hiding eggs under your clothes. I was gonna offer you my balls to help keep them all," he replied cheekily. Yugi wouldn't comment at all on what game chats were like in his past; that was far too much of a spoiler for his secret identity. All he did instead was address the mandatory nature of Miko's apparent 'lunch' reservation. "It's never been an option. It's a force-feeding kind of day," he stated plainly.

While Yugi stood atop the fox's head, he was joined by Miko. It was clear to both Players that one of the B-ranks wouldn't truly be responsible for the boss's downfall. In fact, they couldn't be credited for most of the smaller spiders either ─ not after Miko's request. She wanted to take out a bigger chunk of the swarm. Doing so would certainly result in a level, provided they could knock out a few dozen in one go. Before Miko even finished her clause, Yugi was charging lightning through his sword. "Is that even a question? You brought the water staff, I brought a lightning sword. I'm pretty sure we should be legally obligated to use that in a combo. We'll hit level 34 if we can take down that group over there. The boss will probably be worth another two... so I'm guessing we'll be level 38, maybe 40 by the time we're done here." The entire time he was speaking, Yugi was raising his sword overhead to charge more and more electricity through it. In the end, it sounded more like the dozens of birds from his hand version of the Skill. "Ready? You bring the wet, I'll bring the shock. Queen should have aggro after."

[Apollymi]

Maki would find herself on the receiving end of an opening created by an offhanded comment of her own creation. Yugi thought her a breeder and offered his balls for her hidden eggs. "Ch-ch-choootouu!~" Maki stammered obviously flustered with a reddened face for the first time. Even so, her fighting instincts hadn't waivered and she kept her assault, pausing only to push her glasses up onto her nose. She thought it odd that she was catching all these references but pehraps that just spoke to compatibility. Miko on the other hand was always certain of how easily the lad could go along with her for public use eroticism. Miko was apparently in for a force feeding today, not an optional one... a devilish little smile popped up on her face. "Squee♪~" she seemed relatively excited but not in a way that didn't just seem innocent regardless. They were obviously good friends, was all that could be assumed by someone like Maki.

Ah but it wasn't just the activities of the others, the Players didn't intend to leave the work to their party. Neither of them was that type of individual, and it would seem Miko's initial plan for some more activity was immediately caught on to, along with some listed potential levels and the next few steps. "Sounds like a plan to me... and yes. Epic lightning, water combo is the law♪!~" Miko chirped. "Maybe even a commandment♪~" Miko chirped about the seriousness of the situation. Just the same as the birds of chidori began chirping, Miko was gathering a large ball of water swirling atop that staff increasing in size by the moment as they stood stop that summon. "Hai♪~" Miko said unleashing a wave of water over head of a huge portion of the spiders. A full wave of water was readily dripping down to receive a healthy dose of lightning while the girl herself, struck a haughty magical girl pose in that sweater dress and it's matching booties.

[Bloodedge]

The situation Maki had to deal with was only getting worse... or perhaps, better. More and more fluster was overtaking the lass, and Yugi didn't intend to let up at all. "Why wait? Ohh, are you more of a free-range person? That's cool. Can I hold the eggs at least?" he asked. Moving on from that, there were still a few hundred spiders to kill while the queen released her web toward buildings and trees in the surrounding area. It seemed she could sense an impending danger... and she was right.

Water and lightning were a staple among magical element combinations. If one had access to both without ever wetting and electrocuting difficult or numerous targets, they were to be shamed. Miko suggested that it be a commandment, to which Yugi agreed firmly. "Hell yeah boi! Like... Thou shalt perform every sacred combo within thy ability," he responded. With Miko casting a wave over the spider group and adding a pose to the effort, Yugi had little choice but to show out as well. The sword held over his head was thrown toward the nearest spider, surging with more than enough lightning to have the desired effect. "LEST YE BE SMOTE!" Yugi added. He didn't simply throw the sword, however. No, Yugi launched that blade like a javelin before releasing another mana-web to catch its pommel. That thread didn't become taut until his sword had already pierced the target spider's thorax, lightning arcing from one wet creature to another, then another for a brilliant display of flashing magic. As spiders seized until their legs curled inward, Yugi yanked the thread to bring back his chokuto, catching it in a reverse grip for an assassin-style pose in the end. "Amen!" he concluded. While pulling his own katana from the head of another spider, Aki sighed. "Why so crazy?" he wondered. "But they're so cool!" said the mage. All the while, the boss was rising to perch at the center of a massive, and still growing, web.

[Apollymi]

Maki needed recovery time. This lad was way too forward, it was sheer lunacy. Still, she couldn't fault him for his words nor his approach, they were novel enough that she couldn't say he wasn't interested in her. Such would see their intimacy reach higher thresholds once more going up by another 3 percentage points. "Woah! This is starting to sound crazy even to me~" Maki managed even as she wanted to shake things off. Without Yugi at her back, she'd easily taken up running a bit of mild defense for the mage without any real physical power.

Speaking of power, the pair of teens who were supposedly 'E-rank' were showing off in a way that definitely counted as 'aura farming'. Both were atop that summon moving about the battlefield and both were having protagonist banter complete with jokes and poses. This time, it became a commandment to use any combinations possible, or be 'smote'. Miko was posing and an electric show of water and lightning spread across the horde. The electrocuted, they curled and then they died, Miko and Yugi gaining experience by the second. And what of their look, an acknowledgement came from both young men below, and oddly enough even Maki had something to say, "Because being underestimated either makes you a crazy person or a show off... and in this case, probably both~" Maki said with a quick sweep that left them mostly clear in their space even as the queen began moving and spreading webs of her own. "Still, it was definitely cool... and it made our jobs significantly easier. Effectiveness can't be understated..." Maki decided. At the same time, Makima was still talking to Gojo and watching the goings on. "Definitely top 5 coolest things I've participated in so far!~" Miko decided happily, "Still, the big woman is starting to move... " Miko said as she waited for their level to pop before she'd switch to her other weapon for the sake of spreading sound about better. She'd seen her newest pets, atop a fox summon, doing a ridiculous magical combination and posing over their other teammates, "Did that count as aura farming? Do you do it for the reactions?" she wondered.